Can I pick your brains? We are having a Friday wedding and I’d kinda like to point that out on the save the dates. However the design we love doesn’t leave room for tons of text.

Do you think I could do the numerical date “8-2-13” on the front and maybe on the back write out “Friday, August 2nd 2013” and include some hotel info?

I want the date to be big and stand out. If I have to write out “Friday, August” then it’ll be smaller. Should I suck it up and give up on the big 8-2-13 so that my guests are better informed? Or should I trust them to figure it our by either noticing the back or checking out the website or y’know – looking at a calendar?

I think as long as it is clear that you should look at the back (i.e. it is a postcard or the back has a design that stands out too) that is fine. If you’re not sure people would look at the back you may want Friday to be somewhere on the front.

People WILL assume the wedding is a saturday unless you tell them otherwise, many times. We spelled out Sunday, 24 June 2012 on our STDs and on the actual invitation, and still had people express surprise when they were reminded that it was on a sunday. People get into wedding habits and have to be reminded when something is not what they might expect.

I don’t think it’s necessary but I also don’t think it will look weird to put Friday on there – that is technically the formal way to write it out. Although, our invites say Saturday but the STDs did not. If it fits great, if it doesn’t I wouldn’t worry about it too much.

Coming from someone who is having a friday wedding, make sure you spell it out! we are two weeks away and still have people surprised its a friday! we sent out STD and formal invitations…and make sure you remind everyone involved in the wedding that it is a friday so they can take off of work or school!

I would feel more comfortable putting Friday somewhere where you’re sure it will be seen. I don’t know what time the wedding will be, but local people might have to take a day off from work and long-distance people might have to take more than one day off, and that needs to be planned for in advance. I’ve never been to a wedding that wasn’t on a Saturday, so I might incorrectly assume. I would probably check a calendar to be sure, but I can’t actually recall whether I’ve done that in the past.

Our Save the Dates for our Friday wedding don’t have “Friday” spelled out on the actual Save the Dates – just “September 20, 2013” – but I plan to add a note to each envelope with the date REALLY spelled out, hotel information, and our website. Can’t hurt!